MEET THE HOOP HISTORIANS
 
AL SACK
  
Residence:   Anaheim, California
Birthday:  August 15
Final Fours Attended: (37) -- 1973, 1975-2010
 Other Notable Sporting Events Attended:  Army-Navy Football Game 1963, 1983; MLB All-Star Game 1960, 1989, 2010; World Series 1962, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1977, 2002; MLB League Championship Series 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 2002; NBA Playoffs 1971, 1977, 1984 (finals), 2001 (finals); NBA All-Star Game 2004; Israeli Olympics Maccabiah Games 1965 (participant); Olympic Games 1984; Rose Bowl, 1972-1997, 1999; Super Bowl 1977, 1980; Stanley Cup Playoffs 2008; Wimbledon 1995

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Al is a member of the Hoop Historians Board of Directors.  He was a former Assistant Basketball Coach to fellow Hoop Historian Dennis Mishko at Keystone College in LaPlume, Pennsylvania.  Al was a UCLA season ticket holder for Bruins basketball for more than twenty years.  Sack was a page in the U.S. House of Representatives in July 1965, and in August 1965, he was a member (and team co-captain) of the Jewish Welfare Board USA Basketball team that played in Israel, France and England.  The team also marched in the opening ceremonies of the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv.  Al received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania where he played varsity basketball for Coach Wilbur Renken, a Past President of the NABC, and received his Masters Degree in Education from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Sack is a past president of the Mountain and Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers (formerly the Western Association of Colleges and Employers).  Al is currently a Human Resources consultant in Southern California. 
 

Al Sack NCAA Tournament Game Log      
               
Year  Round Games  Location   Year  Round Games  Location
1973  Final Four 4  St. Louis, MO   1975  Final Four 4  San Diego, CA
1976  Regional 3  Los Angeles, CA   1976  Final Four 4  Philadelphia, PA
1977  Final Four 4  Atlanta, GA   1978  Final Four 4  St. Louis, MO
1979  First / Second Round 4  Los Angeles, CA   1979  Final Four 4  Salt Lake City, UT
1980  Final Four 4  Indianapolis, IN   1981  First / Second Round 4  Los Angeles, CA
1981  Final Four 4  Philadelphia, PA   1982  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
1983  Final Four 3  Albuquerque, NM   1984  Regional 3  Los Angeles, CA
1984  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA   1985  Final Four 3  Lexington, KY
1986  First / Second Round 6  Long Beach, CA   1986  Final Four 3  Dallas, TX
1987  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA   1988  First / Second Round 6  Los Angeles, CA
1988  Final Four 3  Kansas City, MO   1989  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA
1990  First / Second Round 6  Long Beach, CA   1990  Final Four 3  Denver, CO
1991  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   1992  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN
1993  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA   1994  Regional 3  Los Angeles, CA
1994  Final Four 3  Charlotte, NC   1995  Regional 3  Oakland, CA
1995  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA   1996  Final Four 3  East Rutherford, NJ
1997  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   1998  Regional 3  Anaheim, CA
1998  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   1999  Final Four 3  St. Petersburg, FL
2000  First / Second Round 6  Tucson, AZ   2000  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
2001  First / Second Round 6  San Diego, CA   2001  Regional 3  Anaheim, CA
2001  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN   2002  First / Second Round 6  Sacramento, CA
2002  Regional 2  San Jose, CA   2002  Final Four 3  Atlanta, GA
2003  Regional 2  Anaheim, CA   2003  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
2004  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   2005  Final Four 3  St. Louis, MO
2006  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   2007  Final Four 3  Atlanta, GA
2008  First / Second Round 6  Anaheim, CA        2008  Regional 3  Phoenix, AZ
2008  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   2009  Regional 3  Glendale, AZ
2009  Final Four 3  Detroit, MI   2010  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN

Total NCAA Tournament Games:  197



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